The protean self

human resilience in an age of fragmentation

By Lifton, Robert Jay

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ISBN
978-0-46506-420-5
Publisher
New York, NY : BasicBooks, c1993.


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Library Journal

Reviewed on October 15, 1993

Over the past few decades, many scholars have theorized that the average person's sense of self is being attenuated by historical dislocation, the influence of mass media, and the threat of extinction, a development Lifton refers to as "proteanism.'' While most scholars see this development as entirely positive or negative, Lifton argues that proteanism can function as an altern...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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